Ask any longtime Survivor followers for essentially the most memorable moments within the present’s almost fifty seasons, and likelihood is they received’t rip by many earlier than they get to Jonny Fairplay’s notorious useless grandmother. Throughout Pearl Islands, the present’s beloved seventh season, Fairplay tricked his fellow contestants and even host Jeff Probst into pondering his grandma, Ellen Jean Hauser, had handed away. The opposite gamers deliberately let him win a reward problem and poured sympathy onto the fact present villain, however he later revealed it was all an elaborate hoax to assist him get additional within the sport.
Viewers had been completely outraged (and nonetheless are), however his actual life grandmother, Ellen Jean Hauser, couldn’t get sufficient. She leaned into the general public backlash, doing appearances together with her grandson and even getting a customized license plate that learn “DEAD GMA.” She fairly clearly cherished each second and proved to be each bit the memorable character as her villainous grandson, a high quality that prolonged to her private life which apparently included seven husbands and affairs/ flings with actor Robert Goulet and nation music star Faron Younger. She additionally made her personal look on the Survivor reunion present…
TMZ reported the passing over the weekend. Hauser apparently died of Kidney Failure at a hospice facility in Myrtle Seaside. She was 90, and if Fairplay is to be believed, she had essentially the most shameless final phrases of all-time. By no means lacking a possibility to shamelessly self-promote, Fairplay advised the outlet her remaining confession earlier than she handed was about how she needed to see him solid on a number of standard new actuality reveals. Try this absolute nonsense of a quote…
Her dying phrases had been one thing like, ‘Jonny I need to see you on ‘Survivor 50,’ ‘Traitors’ and ‘Deal or No Deal Island.’ I had no concept she had so many streaming companies.’
I’m certain some individuals are going to take points with this story, however given how a lot she appeared to like being part of the useless grandmother storyline, which was watched stay by greater than twenty million individuals again in 2003, I’m certain she would have cherished Fairplay utilizing her reminiscence to try to get solid on just a few upcoming reveals. Both you’ve got that humorousness otherwise you don’t. She clearly had that humorousness, in addition to an enormous love for her grandson, which he talked about in an announcement…
I will miss her day-after-day. It is simple to suppose she was simply a part of one of many largest lies in TV historical past, which made me well-known, however I take a look at her place in my life as a loving grandparent who solely needed the very best for me in my life and she or he’d do something to assist me get it, which she did.
I genuinely hope Fairplay will get solid on a type of reveals he talked about. He’s appeared on Home Of Villains, in addition to a further season of Survivor, however I’d particularly wish to see him enter the Traitors fort, which has hosted tons of his fellow Survivor alums. He’s bought the right character, and he’s been doing weekly recaps with Rachel Reilly and clearly loves the present. He’d make a very good traitor, or an excellent higher shameless, self-serving trustworthy.
Regardless, increase a glass for his expensive grandmother Ellen Jean Hauser. She fairly clearly led a really colourful and full life and had the kind of depraved humorousness that may make her recognize her grandson mendacity about her dying.